Funky materials give objects an edge
Recycled materials give these objects a leading edge.
Fashion shoot an homage to Jeffrey Smart
Here's a photo shoot Jeffrey Smart would have appreciated.
Jewellery that looks good enough to eat
Times have changed since chilli earrings were the red-hot fad.
Where to see magnificent corporate art
You have to be a client or a cleaner to see the art lining the walls of many corporate skyscrapers. But there are increasing ways for the public to view it.
What your bookshelf says about you
The book isn't dead, just the way we use them.
The 5 favourite cars of Ferrari's design chief
Fascinated by 3D printing and itching to create another watch, Ferrari’s design head is focused firmly on the future.
Bringing a pool to Venice takes Aussie bravado
When thinking about how to best represent their country at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, this trio couldn't go past the great Australian leveller – the pool.
How BRW Young Rich list property tycoons sell the dream
An astute understanding of branding and aesthetics, and their importance to 20 and 30 somethings in the market for not just a home but a lifestyle, underpin the success of a new generation of property developers.
Tomato stalks and seaweed: architecture's new green-hued frontier
To realign design with social purpose, Danish architect Kasper Jensen spends more time in a lab coat than a hard hat.
Meet the Japanese architects having a second go at Sydney
These Pritzer prize winners are designing a vast extension to the Art Gallery of NSW. The only hitch: it’s not yet funded. Will it be second...
How an award-winning architect became pit crew for a go-kart racer
“I sent him out a few times with one of his wheels not attached,” architect Jonathan Lake says of learning to become his son's pit crew.
Why the Yarra Valley is Australia's show stopper
The Yarra Valley is on song at the moment, especially with its chardonnay, as recent wine show results attest.
Why is it so hard to find a simple watch?
Life is complicated enough. Why add to it on your wrist?
There's money in boiled leather chairs and lava tables
Design’s most interesting practitioners are embracing a hand-made ethos, a compelling antidote to the digital age.
Panda interior for your Rolls, sir?
You can tell your Rolls from others in the car park by looking out the bespoke features you ordered earlier.
Tours of a pop up furniture shop
A touring pop-up shop of furniture designed by three of Australia's best.
Philip Treacy's hats become the headline act
When one of the best milliners in the world asks you to work with him on a book, you don't dilly-dally. You walk through that gilded door, h...
Why Marc Newson is taking on kitchen applicances
Australia's most renowned design export turns his hand to tea and toast – while munching on an Apple.
The Dane helping to landscape Central Barangaroo
Architect Jeppe Aagaard Andersen has a keen interest in harbour cities.
'Silly project': Maurice Terzini's new Melbourne pizzeria
A hot new pizza project is coming to a cool little Melbourne street.
What AFR Mag's 2015 Power issue says about our nation
An abrupt change of prime minister meant stopping the press to change the AFR Magazine's annual Power issue.
